Holiday Gift List Giveaway - Raspberry Pi Essentials

Raspberry Pi Essentials Giveaway for Pi Enthusiasts

element14 Presents | Engineer and Maker Wishlist

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As DJ says, this is the season of gift-giving! So element14 has prepared this kit of parts to give to you.

THREE chance to win! Three kits of all the parts listed below will be awarded to the element14 members with the best stories (entered in the comments below) about the best electronics-related gift you ever received and what was so great about it? Was it a special tool set that you needed to up your skills? Was it a Raspberry Pi? Was it something you took apart as a child just to see how it worked? Share your story for a chance to win!

Contest Opens: 18-November-2019
Contest Closes: 30-December-2019
Winners Announced: 11-January-2020

See full Terms & Conditions

What we're giving away. . .

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity	Buy KitBuy Kit
PRO ELEC Portable HD 4k 30fps Waterproof Action Sports Cam with WiFi	Pro Elec	1	Buy NowBuy Now
PIMORONIAdd-On Board, Speaker Phat For Raspberry Pi Zero, Integrated DAC, Speaker and Amplifier	Pimoroni	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit	Raspberry Pi	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Winners! We need your details!

Else I'm going to have to choose someone else..

Congratulations to rowdoc , softegg and warriorcelt , once cstanton has your details or you've notified them that you've updated your details on your profile we'll have the necessaries checked and hopefully the prizes sent out to you as soon as we can

Attachments:

Pi Essentials Holiday Giveaway.pdf

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Parents

stevesmythe over 5 years ago

I have been mad keen about electronics ever since my Dad (who was an electronic engineer for Philips Electrical) bought me a Philips Electronics Engineer kit when I was around 10 years-old.

This was an inspired gift. I remember making an "eavesdropping device" (a microphone on the end of a long cable, connected to an amplifier/speaker) to listen in on what was going on downstairs when I was in bed. Then, there was the automatic night-light (an LDR, connected to a circuit that iluminated a bulb). My favourite was the radio receiver (see the circuit in the picture above, with the ferrite rod aerial), that allowed me to lie in bed and listen to the radio.

This led on to many electronics projects (including another great gift from my Dad - the Sinclair Micromatic Radio kit) - and I ended up studying Electronics and Physics at University.
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colporteur over 5 years ago in reply to stevesmythe

Do you still have the kit(s)?
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stevesmythe over 5 years ago in reply to colporteur

Sadly, no. I see they go for good prices on EBay if they are in good condition.
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colporteur over 5 years ago in reply to stevesmythe

That is to bad.
Be a neat experience to have a grandchild build something with the kit you used as a kid.
A picture of that is a connection for a lifetime.
Sean
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colporteur over 5 years ago in reply to stevesmythe

That is to bad.
Be a neat experience to have a grandchild build something with the kit you used as a kid.
A picture of that is a connection for a lifetime.
Sean
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stevesmythe over 5 years ago in reply to colporteur

I’m a long way off having a grandchild (I hope). My son is 11! But, yes. That would be cool.
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